The Irish standard., 1887-12-17


Gladstone leads against landlordism ant
/ Dublin Castle. These are the ]egions
which are doing the active fighting
OF Irishmen, their allies In the cause
they only ask that they shall "hold th'
fort. and by no imprudent sallies give
advantage to the enemy.
OF Irishmen and the friends Of Irish
men in America [ would ask, at This
critical hour, big with the fate Of tht
country and the people so dear to lis
that they would strengthen the hands
of Parnell and Gladstone by discoun
tenancing all violent and revolutionary
methods.
Of my brother cIergymen in the
! United States and in Canada Woult
also ask---as they love the name Of suf
fering, Catholic Ireland as they wish te
see that land of the saints restored te
freedom, TO peace, to prosperity thai
they use all their influence. all their
endeavors in counseIlipg the peaceful
constitutional, legal methods recon-
mended to Irishtnen by our venerated
Holy Father, sanctioned by the Irish
hierarchy, and urged by Mr.. Gladstone
and the Irish Parliamentary party, as
the sure means of triumphing over
prejudice and injustice
beseech the members of the Nation.
al League in every city and town
throughout the United States to protest
openly and energctically against every
attempt, no matter by whom made al
the present moment to introduce dis
sensiou AID disunion into the ranks OF
Irishmen at home.
With the Irish priests everywhere
helping THEM people to carry Out the
plan of campaign aud ready to suffer
with their people any penalty the gov
ernment can infiict on them for SO doing
there can be TO question but victory
shall rest with priests and people.
This is what I try to impress ON the
Continental journalists with whom
am IN correspondence, and who help t.
plead the cause Of Irish nationality
This is the conviction [ carry away with
me from Ireland as look for the last
time On the faces of her noble people.
Aye, noble! Where is the nation
that suffered as they have, during 700
years, all chat the blind brutality OF
racial hatred, and that no less blind
bigo5ry Of religious hate could effect
toward exterminating {. people OF to
ward degrading them in mind anC
heart and life where they failed to ex.
terminate?
Let the Protestant visitors, English
and American, to Glengariff, who have
entered during last summer the
wretched novels Of the peasantry, Say
whether it were possible for a govern
ment or a landlord system further to do
gradea civilized people. And yet how
quick witted, how brightly intelligent
are the children born and reared amid
the squalor, the nakedness, the utter
wretchedness Of these novels! How my
heart warns as think of the many glo
rious Christian virtues I have admired
! in these lives, on which no comfort
eyer shone save the divine consultations
and hopes of the Christians creed! And
the tears fill my eyes as I recall the
sweet faces of these children as return
ing from the hillside school they crowd
ed round me, bar footed, half clothed
with hunger pinched cheeks, but happy
in the words of praise and love ad
dressed to them by the American priest
Why. from these same desolate
mountains around Bantry Bay, have
come forth no less than twelve Of tht
most distinguished men of the Parlia
mentary party. Foremost among then
without counting the illustrious A. NJ.
Sullivan, are his two brothers, I. D
Sullivan, Lord Mayor of D ublin, an6
Donald Sullivan, with their eloquent
nephew, 7. NJ. Healy, and his brother
Maurice, and Timothy Harrington.
No, thank God! though landlord
oppression leaves the Irish peasant
without any one single comfort of {
civilized home. it has not extinguisheG
the magnificent intelligence or the
beautiful virtues inherent to the Celtic
race.
| O, my brother priests, let us help nov
to keep them inseparably united
brother with brother, pastor with flock
patriot with priest, with Gods bless
| inc on their cause and the prayers Of
all good men uttered for it's triumph!
| BERNARD O'RLELLY.
| The annual election of officers of the
Hlbernia Rife company was held last
Monday evening at Window Hall. a
review of the, progress made by the
company during the year just closed is
a source Of pride to the members Of the
company, and to the order to which
they belong. The old officers we're re
elected by acclamation, and are as fol
lows Captain, Ed. Kennedy; Isl
lieutenant. r. ]. Fitzgerald End lieu
tenant, s. 2. Cawley. In the list q
l.